What association always held its August meeting at the Beauforts?
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Dr. Carver's meeting
The Newport Archery Club
Gentleman's Club
Ladies Association
Where was the vacation home located and who did Archer take with him?
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Newport; May
New York: Countess Olenska
London; May
Florida: his mother and sister
Who convinced May to go to Newport and what was one of their arguments in trying to convince May?
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Newland; he argued that they would be very bored if they stayed in New York since all good Society would be gone
Mrs. Mingott: she told her that she had to win the archery contest to keep the prize in the family
Mrs. Welland; she said May wasted her time trying on summer dresses over her honeymoon if she wasn't going to wear them
Newland: Since she wasn't feeling well, he argued that the fresh air would do her good
What is it that is pinned to the chest of May that draws the attention of Old Lady Catherine?
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A diamond tipped arrow
A silver filigree brooch
A blue ribbon
A daguerrotype of Newland
Why did May say Ellen had changed?
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She had been looking very pale and sickly
She lost interest in reading and writing which she used to love
She was more withdrawn, sullen, and lazy and never wanted to leave her house
She's indifferent to her friends; she gave up New York and her house and is spending her time with queer people
What was Mrs. Welland's philosophy on how one should spend their day?
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People should spend most of the morning getting dressed, then make calls in the afternoon
She believed that people's days and hours should be "provided for", or in other words, completely organized and planned out
Lazily reading, writing and drawing at home
She believed that people should not plan out their day, but rather just do whatever they feel like doing
What did Newland say he was going to do instead of going to the Sillertons' reception?
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He said that he was going to "drive" up the island to a stud farm to look at a second horse for her brougham
He wasn't feeling well so he was going to go back to bed
Read the newspaper in his library
Go back to New York on business
Who was Newland hoping to see at the Blencker's?
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May
Ned Winsett
Countess Olenska
Mrs. Mingott
What did Newland find on the bench in the greenhouse that he assumed was the Countess Olenska's?
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book
pink parasol
letter
handkerchief
Where did Miss Blencker say that the Countess Olenksa had gone?
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Washington DC
New York
Europe
Boston
Who sends Newland Archer to Boston to fetch Ellen? Why?
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May
No one, he wanted to go himself
Mrs. Mingott
Mr. Sillerton Jackson
What sort of business is Ellen there for? In other words, why is she really in Boston?
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To hide away from Archer and her feelings for him
To settle her husband's estate
To escape from the messenger her husband sent
To meet some old friends
What money does she refuse and why?
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Newland's because she said that she doesn't want to depend on his charity
A bribe from her husband because she doesn't want to return to him
Mrs. Mingott's because she wants to live independently
May's because she doesn't want to be a burden to her and Archer
Why does Archer suddenly raise from his seat at the spark of this conversation?
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He thinks it foolish to refuse money
Ellen had just told him that she had feelings for him
Ellen was planning to return to her husband
He wants to stop her from returning to Europe
What is the "long voyage" that Ellen is afraid they may be approaching?
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Her return home
Their honeymoon
Their inevitable separation
A renewed relationship between her and Archer
What did the Countess Olenska say was her real reason for staying in America and not returning to her husband?
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She is afraid of travel
Newland
Her husband had threatened her
She wanted her independence
What is the condition that the future of Newland and Ellen's relationship is based on?
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It can continue as long as it's just a loving relationship, but nothing more
As long as its purely physical with no emotion involved
that they tell May everything
That Newland promises to keep it a secret
What does Ellen repeatedly assure Newland of?
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That she loves him
That they can't have a future
That she won't go back
That she won't tell May
Why does the Countess Olenska feel like it would be better for her to live in Washington than New York?
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Because "one was supposed to meet more varieties of people and of opinion" and she felt that that lifestyle suited her better
She was tired of New York society
She needed to get away from Newland
Because her husband would not be able to reach her there
The following statement is an example of a universal truth: "It seems stupid to have discovered America only to make it into a copy of another country."
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True
False
What did Archer believe would be the only reason Madame Olenska would return to Europe?
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If he told her he loved her
If he refused to divorce May
If she felt herself becoming a temptation to Archer
If he kissed her
Who's emissary was M. Riviere?
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Count Olenski's
Newland's
Mrs. Mingott's
Mrs. Archer
Although M. Riviere had been sent on behalf of Count Olenski, what did he end up begging Archer to do in regards to Madame Olenska?
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Not to let her go back
Let her marry him
Make her return to Europe
Not allow her to move to Washington D.C.
What did M. Riviere actually come to Archer's to talk about?
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Finding him a job
He just wanted to say hello
May
Madame Olenska
Did M. Riviere find that Madame Olenska had remained the same since he last saw her, or that she had experienced a change?
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She was the same
She had changed
